Kyrgyzstan,
officially the Kyrgyz Republic, formerly known as Kirghizia, is a
landlocked country located in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous,
Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan
to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south west and China to the east. Its capital
and largest city is Bishkek.
Kyrgyzstan has historically been at the crossroads of several great
civilizations, namely as part of the Silk Road and other commercial and
cultural routes. Though long inhabited by a succession of independent
tribes and clans, Kyrgyzstan has periodically come under foreign
domination and attained sovereignty as a nation-state only after the
breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. [R1]
The postal history of Kyrgyzstan began when the nation declared
independence in August 1991. Under the Soviet Union, the Kyrgyz SSR
postal service was an integral part of the Soviet system. Kyrgyzstan is
a member state of the Universal Postal Union since 1993
with its two designated
postal operators - "Kyrgyz Pochtasy" SE and "Kyrgyz
Express Post" LLC. In 2014 the second designated postal operator of
Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Express Post (KEP), decided to issue its stamps by
the consent of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the
Republic of Kyrgyzstan. [R2]
Official stamps of Kyrgyzstan
related to Paleontology: dinosaurs and other prehistoric
animals
[1] The stamps issued in
Mini-Sheet of 6 stamps as well as in separated 6 sheets.
There are some forged
Mini-Sheets available on the market. Many of them are offered in
Internet. Forged stamps can be recognized by color: there are too
many red and black color on forged stamps that make blurry images.
[2] Exist as in imperforated
variation too.
Commemorative postmarks
of Kyrgyzstan related to paleontology
prehistoric animals